Website Design Implementation and Hosting Services

The Vendor is required to provide for the transition of website and tools to your management that includes the following:
•    legislation compliant 
•    All websites must be w3c complaint, paying specific attention to accessibility
•    Hosting must include security updates and backup of content.
•    Support multiple browsers as well as multiple operating systems, mobile devices and should
•    Not require the downloading or installing of applets on visitor/client computers.
•    Agency online presence must be intuitive, efficient, and should include easy-to-find, easy to-use, navigation features (e.g. Top menu bar, “breadcrumbs”) so that users know where to go to find the information they seek, where they are, and where they have been.
•    All content on the website should be fully indexed and searchable by means such as keyword, title, author, and date with results displayed in terms of relevance to the query.
•    Search capability should also feature “highlighting” (e.g. Bold) searched terms in displayed content and automatic correction for mistyped entries (e.g. “did you mean…?”).
•    Facilitate website content management by authorized school staff.
•    Form submission capability.
•    Design and implement a template for the school sites, including information architecture and a user interface that permits efficient and effective navigation and allows users to locate information quickly and with minimal effort.
•    Enable an architecture that supports each school having its own media library/repository with the ability to draw from the division website’s repository.
•    Migrate a curated version of existing content from the existing websites to the new sites embodying the required changes in information architecture, navigation, aesthetic and content arrangement.
•    Division intranet solution designed to be accessible through employee login only via azure ad authentication supporting SSO pass through for staff on agency devices.
•    Integrate with river of news (for division site and schools) to post (news) content 
•    The ability to post (news) content on one site, then push it out to all or some of the other sites.
•    Calendars: division calendar, school calendars, PD calendar and possibly more calendars in the future as needs change. 
•    Typically these are google or Microsoft 365 calendars.
•    Provide a repository solution for board documents and agendas/meeting minutes for board meetings
•    Provide information on expected ongoing technical and content management support 
•    Third party API capabilities for school bus app (currently using remind 101)
•    Provide standard SLAS for common technical issues
•    Present 2-3 different themes that will work for the division and very school site.

- Contract Period/Term: 5 years
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: September 3, 2025